Manny Rivera (also known as his superhero alterego, El Tigre) is the main protagonist of the animated series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera.
He is voiced by Alanna Ubach.
Appearance[]
For its human form, Manny Rivera is a teenage boy who has tan skin, black chocolate curly hair, brown eyebrows and eyes. He has a noticeable scar on his left eye that originated from the first time he got his belt. Manny Rivera is seen wearing an orange and yellow striped shirt with a black jacket that has a yellow line down the arms and a small red star on the left part of the jacket. In between that and his blue jeans, is where his El Tigre Belt stays. He also has a pair of brown shoes.
When she transformed into El Tigre, his eyes turn green, and he gains a tiger tail. She is wearing a brown mask that has white furry sideburns, tiger-like ears and a letter "T" on the forehead. His suit is completely black with red stars on his gloves, brown boots, a red bandanna on his neck and gray metallic claws.
Personality[]
Manny is friendly and outgoing. His personality usually gets him to want to do the fun stuff first, even if that means it could get him in trouble. However, if something really goes wrong, he won't hesitate to fix his mistake and will use his El Tigre powers to do so.
While he has mostly the personality of a hero, his tendency to want to choose the easier and sometimes destructive way is like a villain. He wants to be good for his father Rodolfo, but sometimes he can´t resist being bad like his grandfather Granpapi, because it looks cool. This gives him an antiheroic personality. However, his family is more important for him, so he will always save them from any danger just like the rest of the Rivera family.
Behind the scenes[]
- Manny's name may be based on the name of Tony Montana's best friend Manny Ribera from the Brian de Palma movie Scarface.
- His full name (Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O'Brien Equihua Rivera) is related to the surnames of the creators of the series, for example: the last name of Gutierrez in the name of the character belongs to Jorge R. Gutiérrez and while Equihua belongs to Sandra Equihua.
- Manny is generally based on Jorge R. Guiterrez's early life and experience, where in some situations in the show are portrayed when he was a child.
- For example, "The Mustache Kid", which is based on when he wanted a mustache.
- The choice between "Good" and "Evil" is based on career decisions. Jorge's father was an architect, which was in his opinion Good. His grandfather was a Military general, which was Evil in his opinion.
- Manny/El Tigre has some similarities with Peter Parker/Spider Man, as both are teenagers with superpowers based on animals, and also both have to deal with family and school problems.
- Also, his relationship with Frida is similar to Peter Parker's and Mary Jane Watson's relationship and his relationship with Black Cuervo is similar to Spider Man's and Black Cat's relationship.
- Manny's ancestor, El Tigre I went insane due to his inability to choose between being good or evil. It is unknown if it was part of his personality to be paranoid or if it's possible that Manny might turn out the same.
- Manny has a noticeable crush on Zoe Aves as seen in the episode The Cuervo Project, but no feelings for Black Cuervo since Enter the Cuervo.
- Manny is shown to have a strong fondness for jetpacks as shown in "The Cuervo Project".
- When he vows to defeat an enemy or avenge himself or a friend, he would say "This I swear!".
- He made a small cameo in the movie The Book of Life, which is Jorge R. Gutierrez' first feature-length film.
- His first kiss was his best friend Frida in the final episode.
- It's revealed that he has autism according to the creator. [1]
- In the future, confirmed by Gutiérrez, Manny continues to pursue his life as known throughout the series.
- As he enters high school, he dates Zoe Aves, but later broke up with her after an unknown length and unknown circumstances.
- After high school, he goes to college, where he becomes an artist for his career without abandoning his superhero/supervillain persona of El Tigre. When reuniting with Frida, Manny falls in love with her and decides to take his relationship with Frida further, in which they eventually end up marrying.
- It was also stated by Jorge that Manny and Frida would have triplets; one a hero, one a villain, and one undecided.
- Gutiérrez also mentions that Manny would finally choose the side between good or evil, but there is no information on which side he picks or when it all occurs. Although, Nickelodeon let viewers decide Manny’s fate, whether good or bad. It was revealed on the last episode and good was chosen.